Asus Maximus Formulas?

[Nicholas15]

Whats the difference between the Asus Maximus VI and the VII Formula? Thanks

[skyress3000]

VI is Z87, VII is Z97

[Nicholas15]

VI is Z87, VII is Z97

The differences being? (Im a Nuub at mobos, sorry)

[OAcesync]

The differences being? (Im a Nuub at mobos, sorry)

Z97 was designed for Haswell Refresh and Original Haswell CPUs like the 4790K or 4690K

Z87 was designed only for the original Haswell CPUs like the 4770K or 4670K

 

The CPUs are cross compatible with either board but if you put a 90k in a Z87 you will have to do a BIOS Update to make it compatible

[The Official Czex]

The differences being? (Im a Nuub at mobos, sorry)

 

Better overclocking potential on the Z97 MOBO.

[ProKoN]

VI

 

aluminum vrm water block

 

no official broadwell support

 

less pcie lanes supplied by the chip set

 

little older uefi

 

 

 

VII

 

copper vrm water block

 

z97 so it officially supports broadwell and has a couple extra pcie lanes for better m.2 \ sata express compatibility

 

uefi is a little nicer

 

 

 

the z87 maximus VI formula is a very good board. I have both of them and I prefer the 6 over the 7

 

there is No performance difference between these boards

[Nicholas15]

Better overclocking potential on the Z97 MOBO.

 

Z97 was designed for Haswell Refresh and Original Haswell CPUs like the 4790K or 4690K

Z87 was designed only for the original Haswell CPUs like the 4770K or 4670K

 

The CPUs are cross compatible with either board but if you put a 90k in a Z87 you will have to do a BIOS Update to make it compatible

Thanks

[Nicholas15]

VI

 

aluminum vrm water block

 

no official broadwell support

 

less pcie lanes supplied by the chip set

 

little older uefi

 

 

 

VII

 

copper vrm water block

 

z97 so it officially supports broadwell and has a couple extra pcie lanes for better m.2 \ sata express compatibility

 

uefi is a little nicer

 

 

 

the z87 maximus VI formula is a very good board. I have both of them and I prefer the 6 over the 7

 

there is No performance difference between these boards

You, are loaded, do you prefer the 6 because youve had it longer?

[ProKoN]

You, are loaded, do you prefer the 6 because youve had it longer?

 i bought them on sale as clearance items

 

i paid less for both than one at full retail

 

i prefer the 6 because for me it behaves very predictably when im overclocking. I know how it will react to different settings and correcting bad settings seems to be more natural.

 

the 7 seems to take more clear cmos on power disconnects to fix bad settings

 

thats just my experience

 

i have not got eist to work proper and my 4790k on the VII

 

it works perfect on the VI

[Nicholas15]

 i bought them on sale as clearance items

 

i paid less for both than one at full retail

 

i prefer the 6 because for me it behaves very predictably when im overclocking. I know how it will react to different settings and correcting bad settings seems to be more natural.

 

the 7 seems to take more clear cmos on power disconnects to fix bad settings

 

thats just my experience

Dude, thats one lucky find! Thanks btw